• Graduate qualified nurses capable of working across various nursing fields and contributing to the advancement of healthcare services.
• Prepare specialized scientific personnel and pioneering professional competencies in the field of nursing.
• Develop students’ skills in effective communication and interaction with colleagues, patients, the community, and healthcare team members.
• Promote health awareness through students’ leadership roles and participation in improving healthcare quality while keeping pace with professional developments.
• Contribute to the development of medical services provided to the Palestinian community and enhance professional performance.
• Equip students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to practice nursing at a high level of competence.
• Foster skills in communication, leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving, and apply them effectively in the workplace.
• Graduate nurses committed to ethical and professional values, demonstrating honesty, work proficiency, team spirit, and adaptability to diverse work environments.
• Enable students to operate modern medical devices and technologies in hospitals and clinics.

1. High school graduates (scientific or literary stream):
   The primary target group includes students who have completed secondary education in the scientific or literary streams and meet the admission requirements set by the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
2. Students interested in the health and humanitarian fields:
   Individuals who are passionate about providing healthcare, assisting patients, and participating in nursing services within hospitals and health centers.
3. Individuals seeking a professional qualification in a short period:
   Those who aim to enter the job market within a relatively short time (usually two academic years) and obtain an accredited diploma that qualifies them to practice nursing. 
4. Current healthcare workers seeking academic qualification:
   Healthcare assistants or practical nurses who wish to pursue formal education to enhance their professional status and career opportunities. 
5. Those planning to continue their education in a Bachelor’s program:
    The diploma serves as a preparatory stage for students who wish to pursue a Bachelor of Nursing through bridging or transfer programs.

1. Practical and applied skills enabling graduates to work in various nursing fields.
2. Comprehensive understanding of concepts, theories, methods, and modern techniques related to the nursing profession.
3. Ability to provide comprehensive nursing care to patients, families, and the community based on scientific principles.
4. Commitment to ethical and legal standards of professional practice.
5. Competence in working effectively as a member of the healthcare team.
6. Proficiency in the use of medical devices, equipment, and tools.
7. Ability to utilize computers, information technology, and healthcare systems to serve patient interests and facilitate clinical and administrative procedures.
8. Readiness for continuous professional development and effective teamwork across various disciplines.
9. Capability to manage critical cases and provide care to patients of all age groups.

Graduates of the program are expected to achieve the following educational and learning outcomes in accordance with international standards in the field of nursing:

1. Demonstrate practical and applied skills that qualify them to work across diverse nursing fields.
2. Possess sufficient knowledge of the foundational principles, theories, concepts, methods, and modern techniques that enable effective nursing practice.
3. Provide comprehensive nursing care to patients, families, and the community based on scientific and professional nursing principles.
4. Uphold ethical and legal standards in professional nursing practice.
5. Work efficiently as a member of the healthcare team.
6. Demonstrate knowledge and optimal use of therapeutic nursing technologies, including medical devices, equipment, and tools.
7. Utilize computer systems, information technology, and health programming systems to serve patient interests and facilitate clinical and administrative operations in various healthcare settings.
8. Exhibit professional development capabilities, including teamwork and effective interaction with colleagues across different fields.
9. Manage critical cases and provide care to patients across all age groups.

Potential Job Titles:

Potential Work place:

1.     Nurse 1.     Medical Assistant 2.     Pediatric Nurse 3.     Intensive Care Unit Nurse 4.     Anesthesia Nurse 5.     Elderly Care Nurse 6.     Midwife 7.     Emergency Care Nurse

Graduates can work in different institutions, hospitals, and healthcare centers, such as: 2.     Government and private medical clinics. 3.     Government and private hospitals. 4.     Home nursing for patients requiring special care and unable to access treatment centers. 5.     Intensive care units in hospitals and healthcare centers. 6.     Sports centers and clubs. 7.     Rehabilitation centers. 8.     Elderly care units

1. Passing the General Secondary Examination (Tawjihi) or its equivalent of 60% or higher in the scientific and literary stream.
2. Successful passing the placement test and personal interview.
3. Students with a general secondary education certificate (Tawjihi) from other Arab countries are accepted based on the admission criteria applied to students who have obtained the Palestinian General Secondary Examination.
4. Students who have taken foreign exams such as SAT, IB, and others are accepted if they obtain equivalence from the Palestinian Ministry of Education based on university admission rates.

Courses description

 

General Biology

Students will investigate biological concepts including the chemical basis of life, cell structure and function, metabolism, reproduction, genetics, evolution, biological diversity and classification. Additionally, they will have brief insights into microorganisms and their structure and function. This course will also include the study of the basic concepts of organic and inorganic chemistry topics related to biology.

Fundamentals of Nursing Theory (2)

This course is an introduction to basic nursing concepts and skills. Nurses today must be able to grow in  order to meet the demands of a dramatically changing health care system. They need to benefit from the nursing process, and evidence-based practice; Students learn the specific concepts needed in nursing care planning that address the client’s cognitive, interpersonal and motor skills,  psychosocial, developmental, protection, safety, and basic physiological needs. Also, learn the nursing interventions to support human basic needs for each body system

 

Fundamentals of Nursing (2) Practical

.This course is designed to provide nursing students with the necessary skills and attitudes based on theoretical knowledge to demonstrate essential nursing care procedures for patient care. It provides them with a proper health care setting in which they apply basic knowledge and practices of nursing skills accurately and safely  This is achieved through competencies that reflect comprehensive human needs within a philosophy of practice that includes core concepts of care, critical thinking, decision-making professional commitment, and realistic fundamental  .

 

Fundamentals of Nursing Theory (1)

This course is an introduction to basic nursing concepts and skills.  Students will learn how to appropriately utilize the nursing process and evidence-based practice.  Moreover,  provides the theoretical basis for health assessment and physical examination and clinical experience to apply knowledge in a practice setting. Students will learn the techniques of interviewing the history, physical examination, and common and important symptoms. Critical thinking skills are applied to analyze data to identify nursing and collaboration problems.

 

General Chemistry

General Chemistry: is a course designed to provide a survey of inorganic and physical chemistry and an introduction to organic chemistry for non-science and allied health majors. Topics studied in this course include atomic structure, covalent and ionic bonding, chemical reactions, chemical calculations, acid, base and solution chemistry and chemistry of hydrocarbons. Quantitative reasoning skills are developed and used where appropriate to enhance the understanding of these concepts. The medical and environmental applications of topics covered in lecture are highlighted.

 

Fundamentals of Nursing(1) Laboratory

This course includes introducing the students to the practice and rationale of vital signs of the human and how to assess them, with special consideration on the assessment and management of pain, as the fifth vital sign. main  physical assessment techniques; inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, will be utilized in this course.

Students will learn how to appropriately utilize the nursing process and evidence-based practice. Learn the specific concepts needed in nursing care planning that address the client’s biopsychosocial issues (cognition, personality, protection, psychomotor skills and developmental needs), and support patterns of functional health. There is great emphasis on the critical elements of nursing procedures and the scientific rationale for performing the procedures correctly.

 

Pharmacology

This course briefly describes the general principles of pharmacology and the relationship of the nursing profession in this science, in addition to covering the most important drugs used in the treatment of various diseases, the nurse’s relationship in administering medications and observing the work of nurses and to distinguish routes of administration. Medications and side effects in the patient. The course will include a wide simple introduction to Pharmacology, principles, and regulations. Teaching the students, the language and terms of pharmacology.

 

Maternity Nursing Practical

Maternity nursing clinical course will focus on the wellbeing of the women and infant during child

bearing period, it provide student with knowledge, experience, and skills needed to become

competent care provider and understand the process of pregnancy , reproductive cycle, physiology

and physiological changes in pregnancy and post -delivery , normal and abnormal labour , high risk

pregnancy and postpartum, and appropriate implementation of nursing care to meet these needs

and attempts is made to coordinate the antenatal, intra-partum and post natal with experiences in

the respective areas.

 

Medical Surgical Nursing(1) Theory

This course is an introduction to Adult Health Nursing; It introduces students to the conditions that affect the functional health patterns of an adult patient. Nursing process will be used to explore the role of the professional nurse in assisting clients to meet the bio physiological and psychosocial needs in different clinical settings. Communication skills, critical thinking, decision making, psychomotor skills, teaching-learning principles, keeping updated with current literature, and provides the theoretical basis for health assessment and physical examination for different body .system and their alternations this course will discuss the nursing health assessment and interventions for perioperative patient, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, endocrine system

 

Medical Surgical Nursing(1) Practical

This course is designed to provide a guided nursing experience, knowledge and skills essential in preparation of professional nurses who are responsible to provide nursing care of adult patients with medical and surgical health conditions. It focuses on the bio-psycho-social responses of adults to actual and high risk conditions that affect their functional health patterns. This course provides the student with the practical experiences in the clinical settings to deliver nursing care for adult patients with altered functional health patterns. The nursing process will be utilized as a framework for care for the individuals and their families. The course aims at developing the decision-making and problem solving skills, and linking theory to practice

 

Pediatric Nursing Theory

This course is designed to promote the knowledge of students concerning child health starting from birth with respect to his infancy, and childhood.  The student will be exposed to care of the healthy child and be able to explore the children at high risk, and study the family as a whole and the relationships of the nurse with his family. The needs of the children are addressed through the Quality and Safety for Nurses (QSEN) Initiative incorporating the concepts of patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, safety, quality improvement and informatics.

The purpose of this course is to prepare graduate nurses who have increased knowledge, critical thinking and decision-making skills to provide safe, competent and compassionate care to children and their families in multiple care settings with special focus on QSEN competencies all over the course.

 

Community Health Nursing Theory

This course is designed to help students gain a good and broad perspective on community health nursing, including health promotion, disease prevention and other community nursing concepts. The pre-learned complete health assessment is used to guide the perceptions of individuals within the family and the family within the community in either disease or wellness. All concepts of the nursing process are applied within the framework of family and self-care. This will include the role of Community Health Nurse with its accompanying skills, such as assessments, status analysis, and health education for community groups at risk. Work must be done to analyze the roles and interactions of the community health nurse with the individual, the family and the community as a whole. Topics relevant to aspects of primary health care and community health will be applied throughout the course.

 

Pediatric Nursing Practical

This course provides the student with the skills necessary for nursing care of healthy as well as ill children and adolescents. The students will be able to perform health assessments to the newborn child, as well as to the children and adolescents at different stages of their lives. Then, the students will compose a holistic plan to meet the client’s physical and psychological needs, and implement the plan of care in accordance with the nursing process. The clinical will focus the assessment on acute care childhood patients including  skills as newborn and child assessment ,cardiovascular, respiratory ,  neurological disorder, etc. by student intervention or observation in the clinical setting

 

Community Health Nursing Practical

This course is designed to gain a broad perspective on community health nursing at the three levels of care; The individual, family and society. Furthermore, the course provides students with opportunities for comprehensive practice in various community health nursing settings under academic supervision in a different community setting, based on a health promotion model.  During this course, students will benefit from problem solving approach and decision-making by implementing the nursing process in diverse community settings.

Medical Ethics

This course is an introduction to basic nursing ethics. The course helps the students develop practical understanding of the issues and standards of the nursing profession, equips them to apply general principles intelligently to changing situations to achieve effective outcomes and prepares them for role transition into the healthcare system. It also helps students to develop the core skills required of competent members of a moral community, including; value clarification, sound ethical-decision making, collaborating with others to determine ethical standards or policy. Case studies of potential and actual ethical issues and dilemmas arising in nursing practice are analysed using the intellectual standards of critical thinking in a framework of ethical decision-making

 

Psychiatry Nursing Theory

This course is designed to enable the student to understand psychiatric disorders, and uses different theoretical approaches in implementing the process of nursing care for individuals who present with various mental health deviations. Focuses on the role of the nurse, as a member of a multidisciplinary team, in the care and restoration of  optimal functioning of a patient with a psychiatric/mental illness.

The course explores the use of the nursing process to promote the physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual well-being of  individuals, families, and groups at the promotional, and rehabilitative care levels.

 

Nutrition

The Nutrition for Nursing course will cover the critical role nutrition plays in health and patient care, equipping nursing students with a comprehensive understanding of essential nutritional concepts. Throughout the course, students will gain foundational knowledge of macronutrients and micronutrients, develop skills for assessing patients’ nutritional status using various methods, and learn to create personalized nutrition care plans that consider medical histories and cultural preferences. Emphasizing the impact of nutrition on the prevention and management of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, the course will cultivate effective communication skills for educating patients and their families about healthy eating practices. Ethical considerations related to informed consent and patient autonomy will also be explored, alongside current research and evidence-based guidelines that inform nutritional recommendations. Furthermore, students will recognize the importance of collaborating with other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive nutritional care, ultimately preparing them to integrate this vital knowledge into their nursing practice and promote health and wellness in their patients.

 

Psychiatry of Nursing Practical

This course has been designed to promote nursing student’s ability and insight to develop knowledge and gain practical experience when dealing with an individual who is suffering from mental and psychological problems, or an individual who is suffering from physical, emotional, spiritual and social problems of a psychological and mental effects. The course is planned to facilitate integration and application of the scientific knowledge acquired from theory class. The nursing process will be applied through the therapeutic relationship between the nurse and the client. The focus is on a humanistic holistic approach through effective communication with the health care team members to promote the health and well-being of the client within the therapeutic environment.

 

Medical Surgical Nursing (2)Theory

This  course focuses on the care of acutely or chronically ill adult patients and their responses to actual and/or potential changes in health in continuation of the adult health nursing theoretical course. The student will be able to continue to learn about human body systems in medical surgical nursing, and will be familiar with diseases and the nursing treatment plan process this course with mention the main pathophysiology of digestive   system, nervous system, musculoskeletal, shock& renal system disorders

 

Maternity Nursing Theory

Maternity nursing course will focus on the wellbeing of the women and infant during child bearing

period, it provide student with knowledge, experience, and skills needed to become competent care

provider and understand the process of pregnancy, reproductive cycle, physiology and physiological

changes in pregnancy and post-delivery, normal and abnormal labour, high risk pregnancy and

postpartum, and appropriate implementation of nursing care to meet these needs and attempts is

made to coordinate the antenatal, intra-partum and post natal theory with experiences in the

respective areas.

Medical Surgical Nursing (2) Practical

This course provides the student with the knowledge and skills appropriate for the care of adults who are suffering from critical health conditions, focusing on bio-psycho-social responses to patient with actual critical problems. This course deliberately give the student clinical experience in specialized medical units. As the student is expected to have basic knowledge and skills related to pathophysiology, treatment modalities, and advanced nursing skills, using the nursing process steps primarily to provide nursing care. The clinical practice will  focused assessment of acute care adult patients including basic skills for neurological, musculoskeletal disorder,  digestive disorders, renal disorders etc.